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June 8, 2007
Maniacs Attack Mink Farm
Posted by Dave Blount at June 8, 2007 6:10 PM
Psychopaths attacked a mink farm in Marion, Pennsylvania Tuesday night, setting loose nearly 2,800 minks, at least 443 of which are consequently dead. They also killed two family dogs, nearly severing their heads.
Among the dead were 340 kits — i.e., baby minks, still nursing and helpless. Even the minks that were recovered have lost their value because they can no longer be matched with their pedigrees.
The attackers can congratulate themselves on destroying a family's means of livelihood. According to Kim DeMatteis, whose husband Robert has been running the business started in 1936 by his father and uncle:
Our life is done. Our business is done. Our lives are ruined. Every mink that didn't get killed, we lost its bloodlines. And if mothers don't accept [surviving] babies, they'll starve to death.
No one has claimed responsibility. The FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force is trying to figure out who did it. I have a pretty good idea where they ought to start looking.
By the way, the minks were not insured, says Mrs. DeMatteis, because "nobody would give us insurance with these animal rights groups."
On a tip from Reid.
